How do I get into the CMOS settings?

After the boot, when the display signal appears, press the Pause key on the keyboard, and carefully look at the display information about entering the CMOS prompts, such as has not appeared, you can press ENTER, continue to boot process, and when the CMOS prompts appear, at any time, press the Pause key, and then view it.

If press the DEL does not respond presses F2 to enter, except the IBM is presses the F1 outside! All the rest should be F2 or del, but some are in the other's.

Some need to press "ctrl"+"s", the notebook computer is in the "f2" (such as ASUS), the IBM computer is the "f12", so to see your computer why ~

CMOS is a readable and writable chip on the motherboard of microcomputer, which is used to save the hardware configuration of the current system and the user's setting of some parameters. There are three basic methods to enter the CMOS setting: (1) Press the hot key when starting up: Press the specific key combination to enter the setting, different type of machine's hotkey is different, some will give the hint on the screen such as Press del key, press CTRL+ALT+ESC combination key.

(2) The system provides software: Now many motherboards provide DOS under the system Settings Information management program, and WINDOWS95 has included such as energy conservation, power management and other functions.

(3) can read and write CMOS application software: Some applications (such as Qaplus) to provide the CMOS read, write, modify functions, through which some basic system settings can be modified.

After you turn on the computer or restart your computer, when you display "waiting ..." on the screen, press the "Del" key to enter the CMOS settings interface. Note that if you press too late, the computer will start the system, only to restart the computer. You can press and hold the DELETE key immediately after the power-on until you enter the CMOS. After entering, you can use the arrow keys to move the cursor to select the CMOS settings interface options, and then press ENTER into the secondary menu, with the ESC key to return the parent menus, with Page UP and PAGE DOWN keys to select specific options, F10 key to retain and exit the BIOS settings.

1.on-chip Primary PCI IDE (PCI IDE interface for first channel built in chipset)

Whether to use the PCI IDE interface with the first channel built into the chipset, the default value is Enabled.

2.on-chip Secondary PCI IDE (PCI IDE interface for second channel in chipset)

Whether to use the PCI IDE interface with the second channel built into the chipset, the default value is Enabled.

3.IDE Primary Master Pio (PIO mode under the first IDE host controller)

4.IDE Primary Slave Pio (first IDE from PIO mode under Controller)

5.IDE Secondary Master PIO (PIO mode under the second IDE host controller)

6.IDE Secondary Slave Pio (second IDE from PIO mode under Controller)

Above four items, you can set the main or PIO transfer mode of the channel from the IDE device, depending on the IDE's specifications. The items that can be selected are auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4, and the default is "Auto".

7.IDE Primary Master UDMA (UDMA mode under the first IDE host controller)

8.IDE Primary Slave UDMA (first IDE from UDMA mode under Controller)

9.IDE Secondary Master UDMA (UDMA mode under the second IDE host controller)

10.IDE secondary Slave UDMA (UDMA mode under the second IDE host controller)

Above four items, you can set whether the channel's main or from IDE devices support Ultra DMA transfer mode, the optional items are: Auto and disabled, the default value is "Auto".

11.USB Controller (USB Controller)

Sets whether the USB controller is turned on and the default is Enabled.

12.USB keyboard Support (USB keyboard support)

Sets whether to open a keyboard that supports USB interfaces, the default value is "Disabled".

13.Init display first (device at boot)

Preferred PCI display when set to "PCI Slot", and preferred AGP display when set to "AGP". The default value is "PCI Slot".

14.ac97 Audio (AC ' 97 sound settings)

Set whether to use the chipset built in AC ' 97 sound, the default is ' Auto '. Tip: If you do not want to use the motherboard from the AC ' 97 sound card, it is recommended that you set to "Auto".

15.AC97 Modem (AC ' modem setting)

Set whether to use the AC ' Modem, the default value is ' Auto '. If you need to use a different PCI modem or an external modem, you need to set this value to "Auto".

16.IDE HDD block Mode (set IDE hard disk chunk transfer mode)

Sets whether to use block transfer mode for the IDE hard disk, which is supported by the normal hard drive, with the default of Enabled. For more information on how to set up CMOS please find it on this site.

17.Power on function (power-on feature setting)

Set to "Password", use the password of the keyboard boot, set to "Hot Key", using the keyboard combination hotkey boot, set to "Mouse move", mobile PS/2 mouse to boot; When set to "Mouse click", double-click ps/2 mouse button to boot , set to "any key", the use of any key to the keyboard boot, set to "button only", turn on the power directly on the power-on, set to "Kdyboard 98", the use of the Windows 98 keyboard "power" hot key to boot. The default value is "Password".

18.KB Power on Password (keyboard power-on password)

If set to "Password" in "Power on Function", the item is activated. Press the ENTER key to enter 1-5 characters as the keyboard power-on password and press "enter" to complete the setup.

19.Hot Key Power On (Hot Key power-on)

If set to hot Key in the power on Function, the item is activated. Selectable items are: ctrl-f1~ctrl-f12, as the boot combination hotkey.

20.Onboard FDC Controller (built-in floppy drive controller)

is set to enable the built-in floppy disk controller when connecting using the ISA FDC control card. The default value is Enabled (using).

21.Onboard Serial port 1 (set built-in serial port 1)

Set the built-in serial port 1 (COM1 port) address, the optional items are: disalbied, 3f8/irq4, 2f8/irq3, 3e8/irq4, 2e8/irq3, Auto, the default value is "3f8/irq4".

21.Onboard Serial port 2 (set built-in serial port 2)

Set the built-in serial port 1 (COM2 port) address, the optional items are: disalbied, 3f8/irq4, 2f8/irq3, 3e8/irq4, 2e8/irq3, Auto, the default value is "2f8/irq3".

22.com2 mode Select (set COM2 working mode)

Set the working mode of the COM2, the selected items are: Normal, IrDA, Askir, SCR, the default is "normal".

23.UR2 Duplex Mode (set COM2 IR dual mode)

Sets the IR dual mode of the COM2, which is activated if set to IrDA or Askir in COM2 mode Select. The items you can select are: Half, full. When set to "Half", COM2 sets the IR to half dual mode, and when set to full, COM2 sets the IR to all dual mode.

24.Onboard Parallel Port (set built-in parallel port)

To set the built-in parallel port address, the selected items are: disalbied, 378/irq7, 278/irq5, 3bc/irq7, and the default is "378/irq7".

25.Parallel Port mode (parallel port transfer mode)

If set to "378/irq7", "278/irq5" or "3bc/irq7" in "Onboard Parallel Port", the entry is activated. Selectable items are: SPP, EPP, ECP, and the default is "SPP".

26.ECP Mode use DMA (ECP mode uses DMA)

Sets the DMA that is used in ECP mode and activates the item if it is set to ECP in Parallel Port mode. The items to be selected are: 3, 1.

27.PWRON after Pwr-fail (power failure selection after power reply)

When the power supply is restored, the system status is selected. When set to OFF, you need to press the power switch on the chassis panel to turn the system on, when the power back is turned on, and when the power response is set to "Former-sts", the state of the recovery before the shutdown. The default value is off.

28.Chassis intrusion Warnung (chassis intrusion warning)

Set whether the chassis intrusion warning, the default value is "Disabled".

29.IDE Secondary Master UDMA (UDMA mode under the second IDE host controller)

30.Power on function (power-on feature setting)

31.Onboard Parallel Port (set built-in parallel port)